Jesse Jackson on MSNBC: he is PISSED

[zippy890]

they are not refugees. they are American citizens

[JuniperLea]

1. I understand his point

But I think calling them refugees would put Bush in his place. He is right, they are Americans and they should have never been put in the position of being refugees. And calling them refugees puts a third-world spin on the situation.

Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

[zippy890]

4. Man, he was MAD

about the way they are being treated, go Rev. Jackson!

[Horse with no Name]

5. Actually you have to believe that nothing is accidental

It wasn't accidental that they called the Superdome "a shelter of last refuge" as opposed to simply a "shelter".
Calling these people refugees implies poverty. It implies a "third worldish" type thing. It is a divisive term and it is meant to be.
It is meant to dehumanize these people. It implies they are simply people who had nothing to start with. Most of these people had homes, jobs, etc.
If they can dehumanize these people by classifying them as refugees...then nobody is going to be pissed when they start putting them in refugee camps instead of trying to relocate them into actual homes.
After all...you put refugees in a refugee camp. It makes sense, doesn't it?

[JuniperLea]

9. You're right

I never thought of it that way.

Bastards.

These are PEOPLE we are talking about! These are people who by the grace of God are still alive.

I'm just disgusted.

[hiley]

2. damn right!

this racism and class-ism is vile

[mshasta]

3. LOVE IT!!!

love he's response regarding the racism in this country....and it is very real..

[question everything]

6. Truth is

The average (white) American is tired of Jessee Jackson and of Al Sharpton. Both appear as professional complainers.

Earlier on CNN Miles O'Brien interviewed someone from Orlando, did not catch his name who gave a better presentation and impression.

Certainly New Orleans mayor is a better person to talk.

One has to wonder what Jackson and Sharpton do for a living, when there are no riots or hurricanes that involve mainly black people.

Sorry, do not mean to offend anyone, but white American is still the one calling the shots, and holding the purse strings. And white American is turned off with either Jackson or Sharpton

[maine_raptor]

7. Jessie was good, no doubt it.

"Why is there no Black show on MSNBC?"

Toward the end he was pounding the notice that the mayor or gov were to blame and then going into the "these are poor black folks left behind" mime. I was great! He ended up the session with that question, at which the head, Allison Steward (sp?), piped up with "Well, I'm on the air." (she is, as they would say back in the bad Ol'days of South Africa, a woman of color),

The for some mysterious reason, the interview ran out of time and she had to end it.

[hiley]

8. article from friday..

Jesse Jackson hits out at Bush, suggests race behind New Orleans' plight
Fri Sep 2, 8:29 PM ET

Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson fired off a fierce attack on President George W. Bush over Hurricane Katrina and claimed black people were being locked out of top relief roles.

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"There is a historical indifference to the pain of poor people, and black people ... we seem to adjust more easily to black pain."

Jackson spoke after leading a bus convoy into New Orleans to rescue 450 students trapped at Xavier University, and said he had been shocked by scenes of pain among refugees trying to flee the city.

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Jackson said 120,000 people in New Orleans make less than 8,000 dollars a year. "They are poor people, black people for the most part without private transportation, many of them are old and sick."

And he also criticized the role given to former presidents George Bush senior and Bill Clinton as coordinators for a fund raising effort following the Katrina tragedy, similar to their role as tsunami fund raisers.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usweatherracejackson&printer=1